Qatādah said:
“Beware of turning away from the remembrance of Allāh, for
whoever turns away from remembering Him will be the most misguided and the most
in need, and the most guilty of sin.”
Source:
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) Volume 7, page. 622, Darussalam
ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān raḍiallāhu ʿanh said: The Messenger of Allāh ṣāllallāhu ʿālayhi wa sallam stated: “There is no servant who says each day in the morning and evening:
بِسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ
وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ العَلِيمُ
In the Name of Allāh, in Whose Name nothing can harm on the earth or in the
heavens, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
3 times, except that he will not
be afflicted with any harm.”2
Shaykh ‘Abd al-Razzāq al-‘Abbād ḥafthahullāh stated:
This is one of the tremendous
supplications that a Muslim should regularly mention every morning and evening
so that he may be protected – by the permission of Allāh – from being afflicted
with unexpected harm, tragedy, or something similar.3
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2Sunan Abī Dāwūd, no. 5088 and al-Tirmithī, no. 3388. Shaykh
al-Albānī graded it authentic in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb, no. 655.
3Fiqh al-Ad’iyah wal-Athkār,
section 3, pg. 13.
Selected from: Supplications That
Protect The Believer Against All Forms
of Harm (A Weapon Against The Recent Bout of Hate Crimes Against
Muslims) page. 2, Compiled by Abū Isma’īl Muṣṭafá George DeBerry (حفظه الله).
For original, genuine & safe copy see here: https://knowledgeofislamblog.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mustafa-george-supplications_that_protect_the_believer_against_all_types_of_harm.pdf
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Note: Added for the benefit of new muslims who cannot read Arabic:
بِسْمِ
اللهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ،
وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ العَلِيمُ
Bismillaahil-lathee laa yadhurru ma’asmihi
shay’un fil-ardhi wa laa fis-samaa’i wa Huwas-Samee’ul-‘Aleem.
In the Name of Allāh, in Whose Name nothing can
harm on the earth or in the heavens, and He is the All-Hearing, the
All-Knowing.
The
Three Infallible Foundations
Shaykh
al-Islām ibn Taymiyyah:
The
Religion of the Muslims is built upon following the Book of Allāh, the Sunnah
of His Prophet and that which the Ummah has agreed upon. These three are the
infallible foundations, and that which
the Ummah has disagreement concerning, then return it back to Allāh and the
Messenger.
Al-Fatāwā
(20/164)
Translation
by Abu Tasneem Mousuf
t.me/abootasneem
Fifth hadeeth
Ḥuṣain Ibn Miḥsan who said my paternal aunt said:
“I had a situation so I went to the Messenger of Allāh. So he said: You there; are you married? I responded: Yes. He then
enquired: How do you treat your husband? I said: I do not fall short except in
what I have no capability to do. He said: Look how you treat him because he is
your paradise and your fire.”
Ibn
Abū Shaybah (7/47), Ibn S’ad
(8/459), An-Nasā’ ī
in Ishratah al-Nisā and Aḥmad
(4/341). [TN] The Shaykh mentions some other sources and declares that this
hadeeth is Ṣaḥīḥ.
Selected
from the book: The Structure of the Muslim Family, under Fifth Hadeeth, page. 22, By the Noble
Scholar Al-‘Allāmah, Shaykh Muḥammad Amān Al-Jamī, Translation: Hassan
Somali, Reviewed and Edited: IIIN Publications, 2015.
Question: Could you
explain to us what it means to have a good opinion about Allaah?
Answer: Shaykh
Muhammad bin Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen رَحِمَهُ اللهُ answered:
To have a good opinion about Allaah means that when a person does a righteous action he should have good thoughts about his Lord that He will accept (that action) from him; when he supplicates to Allaah (The Mighty and Majestic) he should have good thoughts about Allaah that He will accept his supplication from him and will answer him; when he commits a sin and later repents to Allaah and leaves that sin he should have good thoughts about Allaah that He will accept his repentance.
When Allaah (The Most High) decrees calamities in the world he should have good thoughts about Allaah, and that He (The Mighty and Majestic) only decreed those calamities for tremendous and great wisdoms; he should have a good opinion about Allaah in everything that Allaah (The Mighty and Majestic) decrees in this universe, and in everything that Allaah (The Most High) legislates upon the tongue of His Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa ala aalihi wa sallam), that it is good and beneficial to the creation, even though some people may not comprehend this benefit, and may not comprehend the wisdom behind that which He legislated; however, it is (incumbent) upon us all to submit to Allaah’s decrees, whether they are religious decrees (rulings) or universal decrees, and to have a good opinion about Him, because He ( The Exalted and Most High) is the One Who truly deserves all praise and glory.
Fataawa Noor ‘ala
Darb, 1/85
Translation source:
MarkazMuaadh.com
On the authority of Hassan ibn ‘Atiyyah who said:
“Jibreel
would descend upon the Prophet, salAllaahu ‘alayhi was-Sallam, with
the Sunnah just like he would descend upon him with the Qur’aan. He would teach
him [the Sunnah] just as he would teach him the Qur’aan.”
[Reported by al-Laalikaa’ee in Sharh Usool I’tiqaad Ahlis-Sunnati wal-Jamaa’ah, v. 1 p. 93 no. 99, as well as ad-Daarimee with a slightly different chain and its men are trustworthy. It is also reported by al-Marwazee in as-Sunnah, nos. 28 and 116. Al-Haafith Ibn Hajr mentioned that it was reported by al-Bayhaqee with a saheeh chain in Fat’h al-Baaree, v. 13 p. 291 and it was also mentioned by Ibn Battah in al-Ibaanah, 1/14]
@AbooRuqayyahAMK
عبدالصمد بن خالد بن محمد
Translated by Abū Ruqayyah ‘Abd aṣ-Ṣamad
10:45
AM – 10 Jun 2016
NOTE: Posted with kind permission
Abdullah
ibn Masood:
“Whoever wants to know if he loves Allah and His
Messenger then let him look! If he loves the Quraan (reciting it, acting upon it),
then indeed he loves Allah and His Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam).”
Shu’ab al-Eemaan lil Bayhaqee 1861
Translation:
https://salaficentre.com
Imām ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Nāṣir al-Saʿdī رَحِمَهُ اللهُ:
The true believer must
allow fear and hope to consistently accompany him in all his
affairs. This is because he possesses two outlooks. When he looks
inwardly, he sees his own deficiency in the fulfilment of Allāh’s rights. This instils fear. Then, his second outlook is
towards the blessings of Allāh upon him,
and the goodness He has shown. This instils hope within him.
Source: Al-Durar al-Fākhirah: 15-16
Translated by: Riyāḍ al-Kanadī
https://www.troid.org/why-we-fear-and-hope-in-allah/
Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim
(May Allāh have mercy upon him)
said:
“Indeed,
the soundness of the heart is (attained) by calling the soul to account; while
it’s corruption is by neglecting it and allowing it to take pleasure freely.”
Ighāthah
Al-Lahfān p. 85
Translated
by Abū Ḥalīmah
Ar-risaalah Publications
arrisaalahpubs.com
The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi
wasallam) said:
“The Mujaahid is the one who struggles against his
own soul in Allaah’s obedience.”
Tirmidhee who said it was Hasan Saheeh and Al-Albaanee said: ‘Its isnaad is good.’
Translated by: Ustaadh Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafiq حفظه الله
http://salafipublications.com/sp/
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The heart was created to acquire knowledge of its Creator and to love Him, worship Him Alone, be content with Him, to be joyous loving Him and to feel satisfied with Him. The heart was also created to rely on Allāh, to love fo His Sake, hate for His Sake, to be loyal for His Sake, to be enemies of His enemies for His Sake and to remember Him always. The heart was created to love Him more than anyone or anything else, to have Hope in Him rather than anyone or anything else and to revere Him more than anything or anyone else. There is no joy, happiness, delight or sweetness except by acquiring such qualities, which are just like food, good health and life for the heart.When the heart looses its food, health and life, then sadness, grief and affliction will attack it from all sides and will remain with it.
The
worst diseases that attack the heart are Shirk (polytheism, making partners
with Allāh), sins, and forgetfulness, ignoring what Allāh likes and is pleased
with, abandoning relating all matters to Him and not depending on Him for
everything. Diseases of the heart also include relying on other than Allāh, rejecting His decisions
and doubting and ignoring His warnings and promises.
When
one thinks about the diseases of the heart, he will find that the reasons that
we mentioned are the only ones behind these ills.
Source: Healing with the Medicine of the Prophet ﷺ, by Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jauziyah, under the Chapter“How divine remedies affect diseases” p. 181, Maktaba Dar-us-Salam, 2003
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The Ruling of the
Effects of the Tattoo Remaining on the Body
Shaykh Abdul Azeez
bin Abdullaah bin Baz –Rahimahullaah- (d. 1420 A.H.) said:
When a Muslim gets
tattooed whilst in a state of ignorance of it being prohibited, or whilst he was
young, then it is necessary for him to remove them after having knowledge that
it is prohibited. However, if there is a hardship in removing it or harm, then
repentance and seeking forgiveness is sufficient.
Majmoo al-Fatawa
10-44
Selected from the article: The Islamic Ruling on Tattoos (Part Five), Translated & Compiled by Abbas Abu Yahya
https://followingthesunnah.com
Posted by Ustadh Abu
Muhammad Al-Maghribi
t.me/Abumuhammadalmaghribi
Abu Hurayrah – may Allah be pleased with him –
narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
The
Shaytaan ties three knots on the back of your neck when you sleep. For every
knot, its intent is for you to have a long, slumber-some night, and it is said, ‘Sleep
well’.
So, if he
[or she] wakes up and mentions Allah, one knot is undone. When he [or she]
makes wudhoo, a second knot is undone. When he [or she] prays, all the knots
are undone, thus he [or she] enters into the morning energetic and in a
wonderful mood. Otherwise, he [or she] enters the morning in a foul mood and
lethargic.
Collected
by al-Bukhaaree (#1142) and Muslim (#776).
Source: “An
Adequate Treasure for the Seeker of the Hereafter, Chapter: Prophetic
Narrations on the Excellence and Reward of Prayer, page. 8, Author: Al-Haafith
Al-Munthiree [D. 656 AH] Rendered into English by: Jameel Finch, First Edition:
Jumaadaa ath-Thanee, 1443 AH
https://embodyislam.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/text-of-at.pdf
From the way of Allāh – the Glorified, the Most High – with His creation, is that He trials and tests them. He does not leave them without trials and tribulation, for if He was to leave mankind without trialling them, then the believer would not be distinguished from the hypocrite and the truthful would not become clear from the liar.
Source: Official website of
Shaykh Ṣālih Al-Fawzān
https://www.alfawzan.af.org.sa/ar
Translation by: The Salafi Centre of
Manchester
Imām ʿAbdur-Raḥmān
As-Saʿdī رحمه الله said:
“The slave who knows
that he will be questioned about what he says and does and about what he uses
his limbs that Allāh has created to
worship Him for, should prepare an answer to the questioning, and this can only
be done by using them in worshipping Allāh,
purifying the religion for Him (alone), and abstaining from what Allāh, the
Most High, dislikes.”
Taysīr Al-Karīm Ar-Raḥmān p. 457
Translated by: Abū Ḥalīmah Kamāldīn
Arrisaalahpubs.com
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Al-Ḥassan Al-Baṣri said, “It has reached the state that in this world one of them could put a
Dirham on his finger and tell how much it weighs, but he does not know how to
pray properly.”
يَعْلَمُونَ ظَاهِرًا مِّنَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ عَنِ الْآخِرَةِ هُمْ غَافِلُونَ (7)
They know only the outer appearance of the life of the world, and they are heedless of the Hereafter.
Ibn ‘Abbās said, “This means that the disbelievers know how to prosper in this world, but
they are ignorant of matters of religion.”*
*Aṭ-Ṭabari 20:76.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) Volume 7, Sūrah 30. (7) Ar-Rūm (Part-21), page. 526, Darussalam
In The Name of
Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
.....
Saudi King Abdul Azeez (may Allaah have mercy upon him) said:
Indeed, the progress and
advancement of the Muslims is among those affairs we (pursue). We call to it by
the will of Allaah; (but) there cannot be advancement for the Muslims without a
return to their religion, adherence to their sound creed and holding onto the
Rope of Allaah [i.e. the Qur’aan and the Sunnah]. The path towards this is
clear and facilitated for the one who wants to follow it, and that is to single
out Allaah in worship – to be free from shirk and bidah- and act on that which
the religion has commanded us, for indeed there is no benefit in speech if not
[accompanied] by action.
Haqeeqah Manhaj Al-Mamlakah Al-Arabiyyah As-Su’oodiyyah page 33
Translated by: Abdullah Jallow (may Allaah preserve him)
https://salaficentre.com/2021/08/28/un-islamic-suggestions-of-stooges-who-ascribe-to-islam-and-speak-from-secularist-institutions-to-corrupt-aqeedah-of-muslims/
The Prophet said:
Whoever wishes to advise the one with authority, he should not do
so openly; rather he should take him by the hand and take him into seclusion;
if he accepts from him, then he has achieved his goal, and if not, then he has
fulfilled his obligation.
Reported by Ahmad (3/403) and Ibn Abee ‘Aasim (2/521) with a
saheeh isnaad.
Translation source: Masjid al-Furqan (Stoke on Trent)
https://masjidfurqan.co.uk/
Imaam Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
"Removing the mountains from their places is easier than removing
these four characteristics (of arrogance, envy, anger and lusts) which a person
has been afflicted with.”
Al-Fawaaid pg.231, Daar ‘Aalim al-Fawaaid print, 2nd
edition
Translation source: MarkazMuaadh.com
Imaam Abdul Azeez Bin Baaz (rahimahullaah) said:
“Riyaa is that you perform
an act (of worship) and intend that the people see you, praise and commend you.
And from that is to perform an act (of worship) in order to be heard, such as
reading (the Qur’aan) in order that you are praised and that it is said:
”Indeed, his reading is good and beautiful”; or you perform a lot of Dhikr in
order that you are praised and it is said: “He performs a lot of dhikr;” or you
enjoin good and forbid evil so that you are praised and commended. This is
Riyaa and Shirk Asghar. Therefore, it is obligatory to be mindful of this and
that you perform your deeds for the Sake of Allaah alone; and not for the
people, their praises and commendations for you; rather you learn in order to
act and teach your brothers. And you lead them in the prayer whilst hoping for
the reward from Allaah and intending to benefit them, and not out of an
intention to be seen or heard.
Majmoo Fataawaa 9/367
The Salafi Centre of Manchester
Taken from: https://salaficentre.com
Shaykh Al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said:
"Sins and transgressions not only cause the Muslims to become weak,
but they also cause the Muslims to be overpowered by their enemies.”
Al-Istiqamah,
(1/466)
Translated by: Dr. Musa Shaleem Mohammed (may Allaah preserve & protect him)
@musashaleem